Transmigration: A Farm Girl's Brocade

Chapter 95: Chapter 95 Future Planning_1

Chapter 95: Chapter 95 Future Planning_1

Zhang Yang hurriedly bowed with a smile and said, “It’s my fault, Grandma. From now on, I’ll definitely spend more time with you.”

The old lady shook her head and said, “Enough of that. You’re grown up now. It’s better to learn some skills from your father. Our Baohe Hall will need to be handed over to you in the future. If you truly want to honor your grandmother, get married soon, have a few children, and our family will become livelier.”

At her words, Zhang Yang couldn’t help but blush.

Lady Song also gave two bolts of cloth to the siblings Qian Yeejin and Qian Yixiu, and one of them was even silk satin, and several packages of sweets and candies. She also had her own coachman take them to the Song Grains Store, and bring them to Wong Liang. The last time she heard about the kidnapping of a little girl by a theater troupe, she was frightened for a while, especially since Young Master Liang had specifically asked her to take extra care of this little girl.

Exchanging their two jars of sweet rice wine for so many good things made Lady Wu feel extremely embarrassed, and she was still chanting prayers of gratitude as she got into the carriage.

On the way, Qian Yeejin, being very sensible, took a small silver ingot from the purse the old lady gave him and offered it to Uncle Gao, the coachman. Uncle Gao declined twice, but then happily accepted it.

Qian Yixiu felt somewhat ashamed. It was Uncle Gao who had taken them home last time, and because she had been so frightened then, she hadn’t given him anything for all the distance he had run.

Uncle Gao stopped the carriage in front of the Song Grains Store and took them inside. The people at the grain store seemed to recognize him, greeting him with smiles. Uncle Gao led them into the backyard, where Wong Liang was inside. Seeing Uncle Gao bring them in surprised Wong Liang.

Uncle Zhang told Wong Liang that the Family Head had instructed him to deliver the children to Wong Liang personally before feeling at ease.

Only then did Wong Liang realize that the Qian family had such a good relationship with Old Master Zhang’s family.

Although Lady Song was only a distant relative of the Song family, because of Old Master Zhang’s exceptional medical skills that even dignitaries from the Capital City would seek his treatment despite the distance, the Song family had always held the Zhang family in high esteem.

A few of them rode back to the village in Wong Liang’s carriage, and they also gave Wong Liang a package of pastries sent by the Zhang family. As they passed by Mengxi Village, Lady Wu got off the carriage to buy two strips of meat at the village entrance and gave one to Wong Liang.

When they passed by Darong Village, Xu Family Meat Shop had not yet closed for the day; from a distance, they could see Boss Xu and Xu Fuzi standing in front of their stall. Qian Yeejin stood up, climbed onto Wong Liang’s back, and started talking and laughing loudly. Wong Liang was a shrewd man. He could already tell that although the Qian family was currently down on their luck, they were bound to rise to prominence in the future, thanks to the two clever children and the support of the Zhang family, and perhaps their own Family Head would lend a hand. He then held the whip in one hand and patted Qian Yeejin on the back with the other, telling him to be careful not to fall. Their laughter could be heard from far away.

Qian Yixiu spat in disdain, seething at the Xu family bastards.

The afternoon sun was particularly glaring, and Cheng Yue sat anxiously under the jujube tree in the courtyard, waiting for her two children. The sunlight filtered through the branches, casting alternating patches of light and shade on her face. Her lips, like flower petals, were tightly pursed, and her body trembled slightly. Despite Qian Sangui and Qian Manxia’s occasional attempts to reassure her, nothing could ease her worries.

Benben and Tiaotiao stretched out their bodies to bask in the sun lying at Cheng Yue’s feet, occasionally wriggling their chubby bodies and humming contentedly. Dashan stood by gently watching them.

Monkey Brother had already jumped onto the peach tree, occasionally hurling down a peach. At first, he threw them into the courtyard, and despite Qian Manxia’s shouting, it was to no avail. The girl had to go to the kitchen and fetch two pieces of rock sugar for him. Yet he was picky and refused to come down.

Qian Manxia said, “It’s not that I’m stingy, but my mother and Yixiu have locked up all the rock sugar.”

Reluctantly, Monkey Brother came down to eat the rock candy and stopped throwing peaches into the courtyard. Instead, he started targeting the banyan tree outside. Whenever there was a bird that flew onto it, he would throw peaches at it, occasionally even hitting one down. He was unaware that in doing so, he was improving his aim, adding another skill to his ability to protect the house.

In fact, what he really wanted was to climb up the jujube tree, where he could both eat and throw jujubes at birds. However, his little master had sternly held his ear and warned him that if he did not climb the jujube tree, he would get to eat two pieces of rock sugar every day. When the jujubes were fully ripe, he would get five pieces a day. If he dared to waste even a single jujube, he would have no more jujubes in the future, and not even rock sugar.

Monkey Brother, perched in the tree, had already spotted the young master returning, but still angry, he refused to come down.

When Qian Yijin was still some distance from the courtyard gate, he started shouting, “Mother, Mother, we’re back.”

Upon hearing the call, Cheng Yue hurried to her feet to open the door and embraced the siblings, saying, “Why have you only returned now? Mother missed you so much that she couldn’t eat and her heart ached.”

Qian Yixiu, hugging her waist, said, “Brother and I missed Mother, too. Missed you so much it hurt…”

The mother and daughter’s outpouring of feelings made everyone else blush.

Monkey Brother caused quite a commotion in the tree, but still wouldn’t come down, arrogantly continuing to play with birds. Qian Yixiu took out a pellet drum and shook it a few times, then looking up said, “This is for you, if you don’t fancy it, I’ll give it to Benben and Tiaotiao instead.”

Upon hearing this, Monkey Brother hurriedly jumped down from the tree and scrambled onto Qian Yixiu, snatching the pellet drum away.

Seeing this, Dashan glanced at the two plump babies, unable to hide the disappointment in his eyes. Qian Yijin, still smiling, took out two more pellet drums and placed them in front of Benben and Tiaotiao, “You have these, too.”

Dashan joyfully barked at them a few times. Benben and Tiaotiao opened their eyes, sniffed the drums with their little black noses, then clumsily pawed at the pellet drums to play.

After handing over a hundred and three taels of silver and the seven small silver ingots Qian Yijin had earned, the family’s savings were now over three hundred taels. Qian Sangui first praised Cheng Yue, flushing her modest face bright red as he repeated, “Yueyue is capable; Yueyue doesn’t freeload.”

Qian Sangui then put the purchase of farmland firmly on the agenda.

He chuckled, “… I reckon that Basin Orchid is a rare find; it should fetch another hundred taels or more. With that, our family will have over four hundred taels of silver. If we buy twenty mu of paddy fields and lease out another twenty mu for rent, our days ahead will be good.”

Thinking of the better days ahead, he couldn’t help but beam with joy.

Lady Wu, Qian Manxia, and Qian Yijin were all smiles, showing teeth but not eyes, looking forward to the promising days to come.

Qian Yixiu, however, didn’t feel the need to purchase farmland right away. What she thought of was getting her hands on those two items to sell for more money; then, buying large tracts of good farmland and a big house would be feasible. Especially so to acquire the land surrounding their home, including Pine Pool.

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Whether the family continued to live here or not, this would remain their main base, the transit point for entering Xishi Mountain.

And since the land here was cheap, she planned to buy more, dig a few large ponds, and channel water from Pine Pool and Hong River. Later, she would plant those from the Cave Sky Pool…

In her plans, this would be one of her family’s major industries.

She estimated that the Basin Orchid could sell for two hundred taels of silver, no problem. Right now, what she wanted most was to buy some servants who would strengthen the family’s backbone.